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Ignacio Flores Arias

Carved

Folk Art Panel

Mexico

We offer a mid century carved folk art panel by the noted Mexican wood carver and sculptor Ignacio Flores Arias.

The carved panel depicts three women and a child.

The panel is signed at the lower right corner “Arias”.

The carved panel measures 9 3/4” in width, 9 1/2" in height, and 1” in depth.

The carved panel is presented in very good vintage condition.

Ignacio Flores Arias

Mexican (born 1906)

Arias was a noted wood carver known for his small sculptures and wood panels depicting the indigenous Mexican culture. He was a contemporary artist to Frida Kahlo in the 1940s and 1950s. His later years found him instructing wood carving at the Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte in Mexico City.

In 1985, Arias curated an exhibition on sculpture and authored the adjoining catalogue “Reminiscencias escultoricas de la Escuela Mexicana: Ignacio Flores Arias : Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, Foro de las Artes, Julio-Agosto, 1985”.

Author: Ignacio Flores Arias

Contributor Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte

Publisher: Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, 1985.